Lunch-cabinet table.



PATENTED MAY 8, 1906.

T. T. CHAMBERLAIN. LUNCH CABINET TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16, 1905.

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LUNCH CABINET TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16, 1905.

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T/HERON T. CHAMBERLAIN, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR or ONE-THIRD TO WORTHINGTON M. LADY AND ONE-THIRD TO JOHN W. RONEY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LUNCH-CABINET TABLE.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

- raltented. May 8, 1906.

To all whom it hwy concern:

Be it known that I, THERON T. CHAMBER- LAIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lunch-Cabinet Tables, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in lunch-cabinet tables, and has for its objects, first, to provide a sanitary lunch-cabinet table suitable for light housekeeping which shall be simple in construction, practical in operation, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and, second ,to produce a lunchcabinet table especially designed for use as a table, a kitchen-cabinet, and for cooking purposesinliving or other rooms and where floorspace is expensive.

1 With these and other objects in view my invention consists of the novel features and. combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described, illustrated in the drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of'this specification, wherein like numerals of reference indicate corre sponding parts throughout the several views, and in which+ Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view with the top of the table removed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2 with the top of the table in position." Fig. 4 is a cross-seo tion on line 4 4 of Fig. 2 with the top of the table in position, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the heater-tray. Fig.6 is a detail of the rabbeted cleat 9 and the slide-cleat 10.

The body portion of my invention is divided into com artments. The upper and end portion of t e interior of the lunch-cabinet table affords a position for the heatertray 7. (Shown in Fi 5.)

The numeral 8 indicates the table top, which is slidable longitudinally and removable vertically. The table-topcarries on its under surface and near each lateral edge a rabbeted cleat 9, each of which extends from near the right end of the table-top about one-' fourth'of its length. On the inside at the top of each side rail flush with the up er edge thereof is a slide-cleat 10, forming a s ide, with thecleat 9 on,the under side of the top 8. Also on the under surface of the table-top I provide a guide-strip l1, centrally disposed and extending from the left end of the top to about the position of the heater-tray and adapted to be slidably seated in a notch 12 in the top of the left end rail 13. Cross-partition14 is fitted to the inner walls of the side rails 15 and 15 by means of grooved cleats fastened to the side wall of the cross-partition 14 and near its upper edge, and 20 on the inner wall of the end rail 21. The heater-tray is preferably provided with end pieces 22 and 23 and the partition 24. The space between the end or closure piece 22 and the partition 24 is adapted to contain the means for heating purposes, and the floor and inner side walls of this space 25 26 27 may be covered witha heat-resisting material. For economy I use sheet-zinc. The compartment between 23 and 2 is adapted to contain gas-hose or electric wires when not in use. Other uses will be apparent. Any means for heating may be emp o'yed, such as an alcohol-burner, oilburner, electrical heater, or gas-burner. I have shown a small gas-burner 28 with flexible hose 29 to connect with the gas-supply. To obviate overheating or burning of the table-top 8, I purposely construct the heatertray so'itcannot be withdrawn or returned to its normal position in the table unless the table-top'is first pushed from a position above the heater-tray or otherwise removed. It will be seen the rabbeted cleat 9 and the top of the partition 24 prevent it.

In assembling, the table and the heater-- tray in table-top if in position will be pushed toward the left end enough to uncover the entire opening for the tray and the tray set down on the side cleats 19- and 20 and the turn-buttons 30 and 31 turned to engage the under sides of the cleats. It will be noted I have shown eccentric turn-buttons mounted on cross piece 32 by means of screws. Any suitable means may be adopted to removably hold the tray in sliding enga ement with the cleats. Cross-piece 33 is or the purpose of limiting. the outward movement rss ICC

of the tray when inuse. j No drawer-pull or usual means for opening or withdrawing the tray is provided; but the end piece 22 is pur- It will be noticed I have mad; thetop, the

I heater-tray, and partitions slidable and removable. In cleaning the, interior and inmoving these features will enhance the value of the invention. g

Having thus fully describedmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure. by. Letters Patent, is 1. The combination with a table havin a top slidable longitudinally and remova le vertically, of a heater tray slidabletransversely and removable vertically and pro--' vided with an outer end piece and an inner partition each coextensive with the tops of the end and side rails, a rabbeted cleat positioned on the under surface of said top adaptedto obstruct the movement of said inner portion to prevent withdrawal or" return to closed position of the tray when said top is above the tray, and means for heating purposes carried by said tray.

2. The combination with a table havin a top slidable longitudinally and remova le vertically carrying on its under surface near its lateral edges rabbeted cleats and a guidestrip centrally disposed and slidably seated in a notch in the top of the left end rail, of a heater-tray slidable transversely and removablevertically and provided with an outer end piece and an inner partition each coextensive with the tops of the end and side rails, one of said rabbeted cleats positioned-to ob struct the movement of said inner partition and prevent withdrawal or return to closed position of the tray when said top is above the tray, ,and means for heating purposes carried by said tray.

3. The combination with a table havin a top slidable longitudinally and remova 1e vertically and carrying on its under surface near its lateral ed es rabbeted cleats and a guide-strip central y disposed an'd slidably seated in a notch in the top of the left end rail, relatively wide end and side rails, removable artitions forming compartments therein, of a heater-tray slidable transversely and removable vertically and provided with an outer end piece and an inner partition each coextensive with the top of'the end and side rails, one of 'said'rabbeted cleats positioned to obstruct the movement of said inner partition and prevent withdrawal 0,1- return to closed position of the tray when said top is I above the tray, a cross-piece on the bottom of the tray to limit its outward movement,

and turn-buttbns to removably hold the tray in sliding engagement with slide-cleats upon which s a1d tra is seated. V

4. The com ination with a table havin a top slidable longitudinally and remova 1e,

vertically and carrying on its under surface near its" lateral ed as rabbeted cleats and a 'de-strip centra y disposed andlslidably ge dted'ina notch in'thejtopof the left end rail ,relatively wide end and-side rails, remov "able artitions forming compartments therein, o a heater-tray slidable transverselyandremovable vertically and provided with an outer end piece and an inner partition each coextensive with the top of the end and side rails one, of said rabbeted cleats positioned.

to obstruct the movement of said inner partition and preventwithdrawal or return to closed position of the tray when said top is above the tray, a cross-piece onthe bottom of the tray to limit its 'outwardmovement,

and turn-buttons to removably hold-the tray in sliding engagement with slide-cleats upon which said tray is seated, and means suitable for cooking purposes carried by said tray.

' 5. The combination with a table having a removable top, of a slidable heater-tray removable vertically and provided with an outer end closure and anin'ner partition each coextensive with the tops of the end and side rails, a rabbeted cleat on the under surface of saidtop positioned to obstruct the movement of said inner partition and prevent withdrawal or return to closed position of the tray when the table-top is over the tray, a

cross-piece on the bottom of the tray to limit its outward movement, turn-buttons to removably hold the tray in slidingen agement with slide' cleats upon which sai tray is seated, and means'for heating purposes carried by said tray.

In testimony whereof I' aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. THERON T. CHAMBERLAIN. .Witnesses: r ALBERT MILLER, ERNESTINE MORSTADT. 

